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An archive of blog entries about UK TV programmes and production.

Wednesday’s “The Ludlum Acquisition: news

26 October 2011 Rob Buckley Post a comment

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Tuesday’s “hopefully more accurate” news

25 October 2011 Rob Buckley 7 Comments

Doctor Who

  • Steven Moffat doesn’t like Doctor Who Confidential being cancelled

Film

  • John Cusack joins The Numbers Station
  • Jason Sudeikis joins Will Ferell and Zach Galifianakis in Dog Fight
  • Michelle Monaghan joins Fort Bliss
  • Ben Affleck to direct Matt Damon and Casey Affleck in Whitey Bulger mobster story
  • Andy Garcia, Eva Longoria, Forest Whitaker, Kevin Durand and Deborah Kara Unger to star in The Truth
  • Principal photography finishes on Jess Whedon‘s unexpected Much Ado About Nothing

Theatre

  • Tom Stoppard adapting Shakespeare in Love for the West End

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December 2011 at the BFI

24 October 2011 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Lost Hearts

It’s a marvellous smorgasbord of TV in December at the BFI. Hoorah! The preview of Sherlock that was supposed to be on last month is showing on the 6th. There are previous of BBC2’s adaptation of Dickens’ The Mystery of Edwin Drood as well as an Arena documentary about Dickens adaptations. There are two more archive recoveries from the Library of Congress, as well as the yearly ‘Missing Believed Wiped’ featuring a ‘treat for sci-fi fans’. There’s also a Peter Kosminsky season, including Britz and The Project (although unfortunately no Shoot To Kill), as well as two episodes of A Ghost Story for Christmas, including the marvellous The Signalman.

But best of all, there’s a reshowing of 80s children’s drama Moondial (tagline: ‘What happens when the moon shines on a sundial?’)

I should also point out that in December, the BFI Mediatheque will have (free to view) 10 episodes of A Ghost Story For Christmas: The Stalls of Barchester, A Warning to the Curious, Lost Hearts, The Treasure of Abbot Thomas, The Ash Tree, The Signalman, Stigma, The Ice House, A View From A Hill and Number 13. Go watch them – they’re blinking marvellous.

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What did you watch last week (w/e October 21)?

24 October 2011 Rob Buckley 2 Comments

Time for “What did you watch last week?”, my chance to tell you what I watched last week that I haven’t already reviewed and your chance to recommend things to everyone else (and me) in case we’ve missed them.

My recommendations for maximum viewing pleasure this week: Dexter, Modern Family, Happy Endings, Homeland, Suburgatory and Community.

Things you might enjoy but that I’m not necessarily recommending: Being Erica, House and Ringer.

In the backlog: Once Upon A Time episode 1 and I should be letting you know what I thought of episode 3 of American Horror Story in a moment or two (fingers crossed).

A few things I’ve given a try this week:

  • Spy: We watched the rest of episode 1 of this, which was okay, but when we started on episode two, we discovered life was too short and gave up on it. Intriguingly, Darren Boyd gives exactly the same performance in this that he does on Safety Catch.

I didn’t watch any movies last week, I’m afraid. I’ve probably left something off the list, too.

“What did you watch last week?” is your chance to recommend to friends and fellow blog readers the TV and films that they might be missing or should avoid – and for me to do mini-reviews of everything I’ve watched. Since we live in the fabulous world of Internet catch-up services like the iPlayer and Hulu, why not tell your fellow readers what you’ve seen so they can see the good stuff they might have missed?

Monday’s “Catherine Tate is in the office” news

24 October 2011 Rob Buckley 2 Comments

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